Beijing's topography is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It is surrounded by mountains on the west, north and northeast, and in the southeast is a plain that slopes gently toward the Bohai Sea. Summer is hot and rainy, winter is cold and dry, spring and fall are short, no accustomed to the weather in the north have to need to pay attention to. Beijing is an ancient capital with a history of more than 3,000 years, so human history and culture is very strong, so what are the attractions here? Here we come together to understand the top ten attractions in Beijing.
1, Beijing Square: Here you can watch the national flag-raising ceremony in the morning, tour the square and see this beautiful Beijing city. See the magnificent ancient city tower and People's Square, learn about the culture and history of the motherland, and see the millions of white doves flying.
2, the Forbidden City: Located in the center of Beijing's central axis, the Forbidden City is the essence of China's ancient palace architecture, for the Ming and Qing dynasties of the Royal Palace, known as the Forbidden City. Has a history of more than 600 years, for understanding the ancient history of architecture and royal palaces is very meaningful. Listed as a world cultural heritage and key protection unit, belonging to the 5A attractions, opening hours are: 4.1-10.31: 08:20-17:00, 11.1-3.31: 08:30-16:30, closed on Monday. Ticket price is 60 yuan in high season and 40 yuan in low season.
3, Summer Palace: located in the western suburbs of Beijing, is China's Qing Dynasty period of royal gardens, formerly known as the Garden of Clear Ripples, which is the Kunming Lake, Wanshou Mountain as the base, the West Lake in Hangzhou as a blueprint, drawing on the design of the Jiangnan garden and built a large landscape garden, but also one of the best preserved royal palaces Royal Court, known as the "Royal Garden Museum", is also a national key tourist attractions belonging to the 5A scenic spot, very suitable for traveling with the family to play. Here opening time is: 6:30-18:00 (gate opening time), tickets are: 30 yuan / Zhang (peak season), 20 yuan / Zhang (off-season) student tickets half price, here you can get a good understanding of the architecture and history of the Royal Garden, enrich their insights and understand the cultural heritage.
4, Badaling Great Wall: Located in Beijing Yanqing District, Jundu Mountain Guandou ancient road north mouth, is an important part of the great ancient Chinese defense project Wanli Great Wall, is a defile of the Ming Great Wall. Badaling Great Wall is an important outpost of Juyong Pass, and it is said in ancient times that "the danger of Juyong is not in the Pass but in Badaling". The Great Wall is famous for its magnificent landscape, perfect facilities and profound cultural and historical connotations, and is a world-famous tourist attraction. It belongs to 5A attractions, the opening time is: peak season: 6:30-19:00, including summer 6:00-19:30, off-season: 7:30-18:00, the ticket price is: peak season is 40 yuan, off-season is 35 yuan , students half price.
5, Temple of Heaven: located in the south of Beijing, east of Yongdingmennei Street, Dongcheng District. For the Ming and Qing emperors sacrificed to the Emperor, praying for the place of grain harvest. The Temple of Heaven is Huanqiu, pray for the general name of the two altars, there are two altar walls, the formation of the inner and outer altar, altar wall of the south and north circle, symbolizing the circle of heaven and earth. The main building in the altar, huanqiu altar in the south, pray for the valley altar in the north, the two altars in a north-south axis, separated by a wall. Huanqiu altar inside the Huanqiu altar, the royal dome, etc., pray for the Valley altar has the Hall of Prayer, Huangqian Hall, Pray for the New Year and so on. This place belongs to the 5A attraction, the ticket price is 15 yuan, where you can have a good understanding of the history and culture of the ancient imperial palace.
6, Yuanmingyuan: Located in the northwestern suburbs of Beijing, adjacent to the Summer Palace, it consists of Yuanmingyuan, Changchunyuan and Wanchunyuan, so it is also known as the Yuanming Three Gardens. In addition, there are many small gardens, distributed in the east, west and south, the stars like a moon around the surrounding. The garden area is very large, a **** more than 150 scenes, there are "ten thousand gardens of the garden" said. The Qing Emperor came here every summer to avoid the summer heat, listening to politics, dealing with military affairs, so also known as the "Summer Palace", is a royal palace. It is renowned for its magnificent geographical scale, outstanding construction techniques, exquisite architectural landscape, rich cultural collections and profound national cultural connotations, and is known as "the model of all gardening art. This is a 5A attraction, open all day, the ticket price of 25 yuan.
7, the Bird's Nest: located in the southern part of the central area of Beijing Olympic Park, the main stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The face value is huge, here once held the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games opening and closing ceremonies, track and field competitions and soccer finals. After the Olympic Games, it became a large-scale professional venue for Beijing citizens to participate in sports activities and enjoy sports entertainment, and became a landmark sports building and Olympic legacy, which is very architectural in character and worth seeing. It is also important for understanding sports activities in China.
8: Xiangshan Mountain: Located at No. 40, Buying and Selling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, this place is steep and verdant, and is a royal garden characterized by mountains and forests. Scenic area of the main peak of the incense burner peak commonly known as the ghost see the sadness, 557 meters above sea level. Xiangshan Park has a history of nearly 900 years by now. Xiangshan Park has Xiangshan Temple, Hongguang Temple and other famous tourist attractions. Here for 4A attractions, the park is beautiful scenery, landscape charming, very suitable for holiday travel to play, health and rest. The opening time here is: April 1-November 15: 6:00-18:30, November 16-March 31: 6:00-18:00. Ticket prices are:Month 1-November 15: $10; November 16-March 31: $5.
9, Ming Thirteen Mausoleums: Located at the foot of Tianshoushan Mountain in Changping District, Beijing, about fifty kilometers from Tiananmen Square. Mausoleum area surrounded by mountains, the central plains, mausoleum in front of a small river twists and turns, is the royal tomb place, a *** has built thirteen emperors' tombs, seven consorts' tombs, a eunuch's tomb. For understanding history and culture is also very significant, but also can enrich their knowledge, very good. Here belongs to the 5A attractions, peak season 135 yuan , off-season 100 yuan, students half price, opening time is 7:30 ~ 18:00.
10, the back of the sea: is located in Xicheng District, Beijing, is an integral part of the Shichahai, the Shichahai by the front sea, the back of the sea, the west sea of the three pieces of water composed of the Shichahai, in order to and the Beihai, the Middle Sea, the South China Sea, the "former three seas". "In order to distinguish it from the Beihai, Zhonghai and Nanhai, it is called the "Back Sea". The back of the sea is a piece of water and can look at the mountains, willows on the shore of the idle place, the shore of the residential and residents, around the royal residence and the former residence of celebrities more it paved with the flavor of the capital and the history of the infinite flavor. People come here just for the sake of here can still hear the crisp autumn insects, can still see the epitome of the old Beijing courtyard house complex, where you can taste a lot of food local food, delicious flavor, affordable price. Admission here is free and open all day.